prefix
(in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) not:
nonsense * non-fiction * non-alcoholic * non-profit-making * non-committally
HELPNOTE Most compounds with non are written with a hyphen in BrE but are written as one word with no hyphen in AmE.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for non- is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does non- appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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